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dermatofibrosarcoma

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dermatofibrosarcoma /der·ma·to·fi·bro·sar·co·ma/ (der″mah-to-fi″bro-sahr-ko´mah) a fibrosarcoma of the skin.
dermatofibrosarcoma protu´berans  a locally aggressive, bulky, protuberant, nodular, fibrotic neoplasm occurring in the dermis, usually on the trunk, often extending into the subcutaneous fat.

der·ma·to·fi·bro·sar·co·ma (dûrm-t-fbr-sär-km)
n.
A fibrosarcoma of the skin.

dermatofibrosarcoma
[-fī′brōsärkō′mə]
Etymology: Gk, derma, skin; L, fibra, fiber; Gk, sarx, flesh, oma, tumor
a specific type of fibrous tumor of the skin beginning as an indurated nodule that grows slowly and is often ignored until it grows large. It does not metastasize.

dermatofibrosarcoma
a fibrosarcoma of the skin.


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Flap TDAP * DIEP ([dagger]) location (n = 10) (n = 12) Squamous cell Anterior skull carcinoma 13 base 1 1 Basal cell Lateral skull carcinoma 5 base 2 2 Adenoid cystic Scalp defect 1 3 carcinoma 1 Dermatofibrosarcoma Maxilla 3 3 protuberans 1 Epithelioid sarcoma 1 Oropharynx 1 3 Mandible 2 0 Note: One other patient in our series had traumatic infection, not tumor.
The histologic differential diagnosis includes dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, fibrosarcoma, and malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
 
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